Use the Install utility (INSTALL) to enhance the performance of
selected executable and shareable images, to assign enhanced
privileges to images, and to support user-written system
services. The system stores the name and attributes of installed
images on known file lists.
Format
INSTALL [command]
1 – Parameter
command
Specifies an INSTALL command. This parameter is optional. If no
command is specified, the utility displays its prompt and waits
for command input.
2 – Description
To invoke INSTALL, enter the DCL command INSTALL at the DCL
prompt as follows:
$ INSTALL
The utility responds with the following prompt:
INSTALL>
You can then perform INSTALL operations by entering the
appropriate INSTALL commands.
To exit from the Install utility, enter the EXIT command at the
INSTALL> prompt or press Ctrl/Z. Either method returns control to
the DCL command level.
Alternatively, you can enter a single INSTALL command on the same
line as the command that invokes the utility, for example:
$ INSTALL LIST/FULL SYS$SYSTEM:LOGINOUT
3 /TRANSLATE
The /TRANSLATE qualifier forces INSTALL to substitute the name of
a file that you specify as a logical name.
NOTE
To use this qualifier, however, you must invoke INSTALL as a
foreign command before you use the /TRANSLATE qualifier:
$ INSTALL = "$INSTALL"
Format
/TRANSLATE
3.1 – Description
The /TRANSLATE command allows you to substitute one file name for
another. For example, testing a new $ TYPE command is difficult
because the executable TYPE.EXE, which is used to implement the $
TYPE DCL command, is buried in the system. However, you can use a
command like $ DEFINE TYPE MYTYPE to override the standard file
name TYPE to use your own, MYTYPE.
3.2 – Example
$ INSTALL = "$INSTALL"
$ DEFINE FILE1 FILE1_EV56
$ INSTALL/TRANSLATE
INSTALL>
ADD SYS$SHARE:FILE1.EXE
EXIT
The first command in this example defines FILE1_EV56 as the
logical name to replace FILE1. The /TRANSLATE command directs
INSTALL to substitute FILE1_EV56 for FILE1. FILE1_EV56 will be
installed as a known image. (If /TRANSLATE were not specified,
SYS$SHARE:FILE1 would be installed.)
4 – ADD
Installs the specified image file as a known image. The ADD
command is a synonym for the CREATE command.
Requires the CMKRNL privilege. Also requires the SYSGBL privilege
to create system global sections and the PRMGBL privilege to
create permanent global sections.
Format
ADD file-spec
4.1 – Parameter
file-spec
Names the file specification of an image to be installed as
a known image. The file specification must name an existing
executable or shareable image, which must have been linked with
the /NOTRACEBACK qualifier. If you omit the device and directory
specification, the default SYS$SYSTEM is used. The default file
type is .EXE.
The highest existing version of the file is used by default.
However, you can specify another version of the file as the known
version of the image. Even if other versions of the file exist,
the version that you specify will be the version that satisfies
all known file lookups for the image.
4.2 – Qualifiers
4.2.1 /ACCOUNTING
/ACCOUNTING
/NOACCOUNTING (default)
Enables image-level accounting for selected images even if image
accounting is disabled on the local node (by using the DCL
command SET ACCOUNTING/DISABLE=IMAGE). When image accounting
is enabled on the local node, it logs all images, and the
/NOACCOUNTING qualifier has no effect.
4.2.2 /ARB_SUPPORT
/ARB_SUPPORT=keyword
On Alpha systems, overrides the system parameter ARB_SUPPORT for
this installed image.
The following table shows the keywords you can use with the /ARB_
SUPPORT qualifier:
Keyword Behavior
None The obsolete kernel data cells are not maintained by
the system. Fields are initialized to zero or set to
invalid pointers at process creation.
Clear The obsolete kernel data cells are cleared or set
to invalid pointers when the code would have set up
values for backward compatibility.
Read-only The obsolete cells are updated with corresponding
security information stored in the current Persona
Security Block (PSB) when a $PERSONA_ASSUME is
issued.
Full Data is moved from the obsolete cells to the
(default) currently active PSB on any security-based operation.
For more information about obsolete kernel cells, refer to the
ARB_SUPPORT system parameter in online help.
4.2.3 /AUTHPRIVILEGES
/AUTHPRIVILEGES[=(priv-name[,...])]
/NOAUTHPRIVILEGES
Installs the file as a known image with the authorized privileges
specified.
Usage Notes
o If a privileged image is not located on the system volume, the
image is implicitly installed /OPEN.
o The set of privileges for a privileged image can be empty. You
must, however, list each privilege every time you define or
redefine privileges.
o The /AUTHPRIVILEGES qualifier applies only to executable
images.
o You cannot specify this qualifier for an executable image
linked with the /TRACEBACK qualifier.
o You cannot assign privilege names with the /NOAUTHPRIVILEGES
qualifier.
You can specify one or more of the privilege names described in
detail in an appendix to the OpenVMS Guide to System Security.
(ALL is the default.)
4.2.4 /EXECUTE_ONLY
/EXECUTE_ONLY
/NOEXECUTE_ONLY (default)
The /EXECUTE_ONLY qualifier is meaningful only to main programs.
It allows the image to activate shareable images to which the
user has execute access but no read access. All shareable images
referenced by the program must be installed, and OpenVMS RMS
uses trusted logical names (those created for use in executive or
kernel mode).
You cannot specify this qualifier for an executable image linked
with the /TRACEBACK qualifier.
4.2.5 /HEADER_RESIDENT
/HEADER_RESIDENT
/NOHEADER_RESIDENT
Installs the file as a known image with a permanently resident
header (native mode images only). An image installed header
resident is implicitly also installed open.
4.2.6 /LOG
/LOG
/NOLOG (default)
Lists the newly created known file entry along with any
associated global sections created by the installation.
4.2.7 /OPEN
/OPEN
/NOOPEN
Installs the file as a permanently open known image.
4.2.8 /PRIVILEGED
/PRIVILEGED[=(priv-name[,...])]
/NOPRIVILEGED
Installs the file as a known image with the active privileges
specified.
Usage Notes
o If a privileged image is not located on the system volume, the
image is implicitly installed /OPEN.
o The set of privileges for a privileged image can be empty.
o You must list each privilege every time you define or redefine
privileges.
o The /PRIVILEGED qualifier applies only to executable images.
o You cannot specify this qualifier for an executable image
linked with the /TRACEBACK qualifier.
o You cannot assign privilege names with the /NOPRIVILEGED
qualifier.
Installing Shareable Images
Installing an image with privileges declares that the image is
trusted to maintain system integrity and security properly.
To maintain that trust, any routine called by the privileged
image must also be trusted. For this reason, any shareable images
activated for use by a privileged image must be installed. Only
trusted logical names (names defined in executive and kernel
mode) can be used in locating shareable images to be used by a
privileged image.
Interaction of /PRIVILEGED and /AUTHPRIVILEGES Qualifiers
When you create a new entry, the privileges you assign are also
assigned for Authorized Privileges if you do not assign specific
authorized privileges with the /AUTHPRIVILEGES qualifier.
When you replace an image, any privileges assigned with the
/PRIVILEGED qualifier are not repeated as Authorized Privileges.
Also, if you use the REPLACE command with the /NOAUTHPRIVILEGES
qualifier, the Authorized Privileges become the same as the
Default Privileges (set using the /PRIVILEGED qualifier).
You can specify one or more of the privilege names described in
detail in an appendix to the OpenVMS Guide to System Security.
(ALL is the default.)
4.2.9 /PROTECTED
/PROTECTED
/NOPROTECTED (default)
Installs the file as a known image that is protected from
user-mode and supervisor-mode write access. You can write into
the image only from executive or kernel mode. The /PROTECTED
qualifier together with the /SHARE qualifier are used to
implement user-written services, which become privileged
shareable images.
4.2.10 /PURGE
/PURGE (default)
/NOPURGE
Specifies that the image can be removed by a purge operation; if
you specify /NOPURGE, you can remove the image only by a delete
or remove operation.
4.2.11 /RESIDENT
/RESIDENT[=([NO]CODE,[NO]DATA)]
On Alpha systems, causes image code sections or read-only
data sections to be placed in the granularity hint regions and
compresses other image sections, which remain located in process
space. If you do not specify the /RESIDENT qualifier, neither
code nor data is installed resident. If you specify the /RESIDENT
qualifier without keyword arguments, code is installed resident,
and data is not installed resident.
The image must be linked using the /SECTION_BINDING=(CODE,DATA)
qualifier. An image installed with resident code or data is
implicitly installed header resident and shared.
4.2.12 /SHARED
/SHARED=[NO]ADDRESS_DATA
/NOSHARED
Installs the file as a shared known image and creates global
sections for the image sections that can be shared. An image
installed shared is implicitly installed open.
When you use the ADDRESS_DATA keyword with the /SHARED qualifier,
P1 space addresses are assigned for shareable images. With the
assigned addresses, the Install utility can determine the content
of an address data section when the image is installed rather
than when it is activated, reducing CPU and I/O time. A global
section is created to allow shared access to address data image
sections.
4.2.13 /WRITABLE
/WRITABLE=[GALAXY[=IDENT]]
/NOWRITABLE
Installs the file as a writable known image when you also specify
the /SHARED qualifier. The /WRITABLE qualifier applies only to
images with image sections that are shareable and writable. The
/WRITABLE qualifier is automatically negated if the /NOSHARED
qualifier is specified.
You can use the GALAXY keyword with the /WRITABLE qualifier to
place write shared image sections in Galaxy global sections.
You can also use the IDENT keyword with GALAXY to include the
image ident in the name of the Galaxy global section, so that
multiple versions of an image can be used simultaneously in a
Galaxy system.
4.3 – Examples
1.INSTALL> ADD/OPEN/SHARED WRKD$:[MAIN]STATSHR
The command in this example installs the image file STATSHR as
a permanently open, shared known image.
2.INSTALL> ADD/OPEN/PRIVILEGED=(GROUP,GRPNAM) GRPCOMM
The command in this example installs the image file GRPCOMM as
a permanently open, known image with the privileges GROUP and
GRPNAM.
Any process running GRPCOMM receives the GROUP and GRPNAM
privileges for the duration of the execution of GRPCOMM. The
full name of GRPCOMM is assumed to be SYS$SYSTEM:GRPCOMM.EXE.
3.INSTALL> ADD/LOG GRPCOMM
The command in this example installs the image file GRPCOMM
as a known image and then displays the newly added known file
entry.
4.INSTALL> ADD/SHARED=ADDRESS_DATA WRKD$:[MAIN]INFOSHR
The command in this example installs the INFOSHR file as a
shared known image and creates shared global sections for
code sections and read-only data sections. Because the command
includes the ADDRESS_DATA keyword, address data is also created
as a shared global section.
5 – CREATE
Installs the specified image file as a known image. The CREATE
command is a synonym for the ADD command.
Requires the CMKRNL privilege. Also requires the SYSGBL privilege
to create system global sections and the PRMGBL privilege to
create permanent global sections.
Format
CREATE file-spec
5.1 – Parameter
file-spec
Names the file specification of an image to be installed as
a known image. The file specification must name an existing
executable or shareable image, which must have been linked with
the /NOTRACEBACK qualifier. If you omit the device and directory
specification, the default SYS$SYSTEM is used. The default file
type is .EXE.
The highest existing version of the file is used by default.
However, you can specify another version of the file as the known
version of the image. Even if other versions of the file exist,
the version that you specify will be the version that satisfies
all known file lookups for the image.
5.2 – Qualifiers
5.2.1 /ACCOUNTING
/ACCOUNTING
/NOACCOUNTING (default)
Enables image-level accounting for the specified image even
if image accounting is disabled (by using the DCL command SET
ACCOUNTING/DISABLE=IMAGE). When image accounting is enabled
on the local node, it logs all images, and the /NOACCOUNTING
qualifier has no effect.
5.2.2 /ARB_SUPPORT
/ARB_SUPPORT=keyword
On Alpha systems, overrides the system parameter ARB_SUPPORT for
this installed image.
The following table shows the keywords you can use with the /ARB_
SUPPORT qualifier:
Keyword Behavior
None The obsolete kernel data cells are not maintained by
the system. Fields are initialized to zero or set to
invalid pointers at process creation.
Clear The obsolete kernel data cells are cleared or set
to invalid pointers when the code would have set up
values for backward compatibility.
Read-only The obsolete cells are updated with corresponding
security information stored in the current Persona
Security Block (PSB) when a $PERSONA_ASSUME is
issued.
Full Data is moved from the obsolete cells to the
(default) currently active PSB on any security-based operation.
For more information about obsolete kernel cells, refer to the
ARB_SUPPORT system parameter in online help.
5.2.3 /AUTHPRIVILEGES
/AUTHPRIVILEGES[=(priv-name[,...])]
/NOAUTHPRIVILEGES
Installs the file as a known image installed with the authorized
privileges specified.
Usage Notes
o If a privileged image is not located on the system volume, the
image is implicitly installed /OPEN.
o The set of privileges for a privileged image can be empty. You
must, however, list each privilege every time you define or
redefine privileges.
o The /AUTHPRIVILEGES qualifier applies only to executable
images.
o You cannot specify this qualifier for an executable image
linked with the /TRACEBACK qualifier.
o You cannot assign privilege names with the /NOAUTHPRIVILEGES
qualifier.
You can specify one or more of the privilege names described in
detail in an appendix to the OpenVMS Guide to System Security.
(ALL is the default.)
5.2.4 /EXECUTE_ONLY
/EXECUTE_ONLY
/NOEXECUTE_ONLY (default)
The /EXECUTE_ONLY qualifier is meaningful only to main programs.
It allows the image to activate shareable images to which the
user has execute access but no read access. All shareable images
referenced by the program must be installed, and OpenVMS RMS
uses trusted logical names (those created for use in executive or
kernel mode).
You cannot specify this qualifier for an executable image linked
with the /TRACEBACK qualifier.
5.2.5 /HEADER_RESIDENT
/HEADER_RESIDENT
/NOHEADER_RESIDENT
Installs the file as a known image with a permanently resident
header (native mode images only). An image installed header
resident is implicitly installed open.
5.2.6 /LOG
/LOG
/NOLOG (default)
Lists the newly created known file entry along with any
associated global sections created by the installation.
5.2.7 /OPEN
/OPEN
/NOOPEN
Installs the file as a permanently open known image.
5.2.8 /PRIVILEGED
/PRIVILEGED[=(priv-name[,...])]
/NOPRIVILEGED
Installs the file as a known image with active privileges
specified. If a privileged image is not located on the system
volume, the image is implicitly installed /OPEN.
Usage Notes
o The set of privileges for a privileged image can be empty.
o You must list each privilege every time you define or redefine
privileges.
o The /PRIVILEGED qualifier applies only to executable images.
o You cannot specify this qualifier for an executable image
linked with the /TRACEBACK qualifier.
o You cannot assign privilege names with the /NOPRIVILEGED
qualifier.
Installing Shareable Images
Installing an image with privileges declares that the image is
trusted to maintain system integrity and security properly.
To maintain that trust, any routine called by the privileged
image must also be trusted. For this reason, any shareable images
activated for use by a privileged image must be installed. Only
trusted logical names (names defined in executive and kernel
mode) can be used in locating shareable images to be used by a
privileged image.
Interaction of /PRIVILEGED and /AUTHPRIVILEGES
When you create a new entry, the privileges you assign are also
assigned for Authorized Privileges if you do not assign specific
authorized privileges with the /AUTHPRIVILEGED qualifier.
When you replace an image, any privileges assigned with the
/PRIVILEGED qualifier are not repeated as Authorized Privileges.
Also, if you use the REPLACE command with the /NOAUTHPRIVILEGES
qualifier, the Authorized Privileges become the same as the
Default Privileges (set using the /PRIVILEGED qualifier).
You can specify one or more of the privilege names described in
detail in an appendix to the OpenVMS Guide to System Security.
(ALL is the default.)
For examples of how to use CREATE commands with /PRIVILEGES
qualifiers, see the Examples section at the end of this command.
5.2.9 /PROTECTED
/PROTECTED
/NOPROTECTED (default)
Installs the file as a known image that is protected from
user-mode and supervisor-mode write access. You can write into
the image only from executive or kernel mode. The /PROTECTED
qualifier together with the /SHARE qualifier are used to
implement user-written services, which become privileged
shareable images.
5.2.10 /PURGE
/PURGE (default)
/NOPURGE
Specifies that the image can be removed by a purge operation; if
you specify /NOPURGE, you can remove the image only by a remove
operation.
5.2.11 /RESIDENT
/RESIDENT[=([NO]CODE,[NO]DATA)]
On Alpha systems, causes image code sections or read-only
data sections to be placed in the granularity hint regions and
compresses other image sections, which remain located in process
space. If you do not specify the /RESIDENT qualifier, neither
code nor data is installed resident. If you specify the /RESIDENT
qualifier without keyword arguments, code is installed resident,
and data is not installed resident.
The image must be linked using the /SECTION_BINDING=(CODE,DATA)
qualifier. An image installed with resident code or data is
implicitly installed header resident and shared.
5.2.12 /SHARED
/SHARED[=[NO]ADDRESS_DATA]
/NOSHARED
Installs the file as a shared known image and creates global
sections for the image sections that can be shared. An image
installed shared is implicitly installed open.
When you use the ADDRESS_DATA keyword with the /SHARED qualifier,
P1 space addresses are assigned for shareable images. With the
assigned addresses, the Install utility can determine the content
of an address data section when the image is installed rather
than when it is activated, reducing CPU and I/O time. A global
section is created to allow shared access to address data image
sections.
5.2.13 /WRITABLE
/WRITABLE=[GALAXY[=IDENT]]
/NOWRITABLE
Installs the file as a writable known image when you also specify
the /SHARED qualifier. The /WRITABLE qualifier applies only to
images with image sections that are shareable and writable. The
/WRITABLE qualifier is automatically negated if the /NOSHARED
qualifier is specified.
You can use the GALAXY keyword with the /WRITABLE qualifier to
place write shared image sections in Galaxy global sections.
You can also use the IDENT keyword with GALAXY to include the
image ident in the name of the Galaxy global section, so that
multiple versions of an image can be used simultaneously in a
Galaxy system.
5.3 – Examples
1.INSTALL> CREATE/OPEN/SHARED WRKD$:[MAIN]STATSHR
The command in this example installs the image file STATSHR as
a permanently open shared known image.
2.INSTALL> CREATE/OPEN/PRIVILEGED=(GROUP,GRPNAM) GRPCOMM
The command in this example installs the image file GRPCOMM as
a permanently open known image with the privileges GROUP and
GRPNAM.
Any process running GRPCOMM receives the GROUP and GRPNAM
privileges for the duration of the execution of GRPCOMM. The
full name of GRPCOMM is assumed to be SYS$SYSTEM:GRPCOMM.EXE.
3.INSTALL> CREATE/LOG GRPCOMM
The command in this example installs the image file GRPCOMM as
a known image and then displays the newly created known file
entry.
4.INSTALL> CREATE/SHARED=ADDRESS_DATA WRKD$:[MAIN]INFOSHR
The command in this example installs the INFOSHR file as a
shared known image and creates shared global sections for
code sections and read-only data sections. Because the command
includes the ADDRESS_DATA keyword, address data is also created
as a shared global section.
5.INSTALL> CREATE STATSHR/PRIV
The command in this example creates the STATSHR image with all
privileges.
6.INSTALL> CREATE STATSHR/PRIV=(OPER,SYSPRV)
The command in this example creates the STATSHR image with the
OPER and SYSPRV privileges.
7.INSTALL> CREATE STATSHR/PRIV=NOALL
The command in this example creates the STATSHR image with an
empty set of privileges.
8.INSTALL> CREATE STATSHR/NOPRIV
The command in this example creates the STATSHR image
explicitly with no privileges.
6 – DELETE
Deletes a known image. The DELETE command is a synonym for the
REMOVE command.
Format
DELETE file-spec
6.1 – Parameter
file-spec
Names the file specification of a known image.
6.2 – Description
The DELETE command deletes an entry from the known file list. The
image's entry on the known file list and any global sections
created for the image are deleted. The image file remains
unaffected. Writable global sections are written back to disk
upon their removal as known images.
If a process is accessing global sections when the DELETE command
is entered, the global sections are deleted only after the
operation initiated by the process completes. However, once the
command is entered, no additional processes can access the global
sections because they are marked for deletion.
6.3 – Example
INSTALL> DELETE WRKD$:[MAIN]STATSHR
The command in this example deletes the entry for the image
STATSHR from the known file list.
7 – EXIT
Terminates INSTALL and returns control to the DCL command level.
You can also exit from INSTALL by pressing Ctrl/Z.
Format
EXIT
8 – HELP
Displays information about how to use INSTALL.
Format
HELP [command]
8.1 – Parameter
command
Specifies the name of a command for which help infomation is to
be displayed. If you omit a command name, a list of commands is
displayed and you are prompted for a command name.
8.2 – Examples
1.INSTALL> HELP
The command in this example displays a list of INSTALL topics
and a Topic? prompt. Any topic from the list can be entered at
the prompt.
2.INSTALL> HELP LIST
LIST
For display of a one-line description of the specified known image,
or if no file is specified, then for all known images. Use with
/FULL to obtain a multiline description.
Format: LIST [file-spec] /qualifier
QUALIFIER COMBINATION BEHAVIOR
LIST [file-spec] List the known image for file-spec
LIST List all entries
Additional information available:
Qualifiers
/FULL /GLOBAL /STRUCTURE /SUMMARY
The command in this example displays help information about the
LIST command.
9 – LIST
Displays a description of each specified known image or, if no
file is specified, all known images.
Format
LIST [file-spec]
9.1 – Parameter
file-spec
Names the file specification of an image installed as a known
image. If you omit the file specification, INSTALL displays all
known images.
9.2 – Description
You can use the LIST command with the /FULL qualifier to display
information that is useful in tuning the known image database.
For example, a high entry-access count for an image may indicate
that system performance could benefit if the image were installed
/OPEN. Similarly, high entry-access counts for an image may
indicate that installing the image /SHARED-that is, with global
sections-could improve performance. For a description of global
sections and global pages, including information about how to
estimate the size of installed images, refer to the OpenVMS
System Services Reference Manual.
9.3 – Qualifiers
9.3.1 /FULL
Displays a multiline description of the specified known image,
including the number of accesses, the number of concurrent
accesses, and the number of global sections created. The /FULL
qualifier with the /GLOBAL qualifier shows information about
global sections, plus the current owner and protection codes and
access control entries.
9.3.2 /GLOBAL
Lists global sections for any specified shared image, or if you
omit the file specification, lists all global sections. If a
global section is created by INSTALL to support a particular
image, that image is also identified.
9.3.3 /RESIDENT
Displays a description of each resident image.
9.3.4 /STRUCTURE
Lists addresses of known image data structures.
9.3.5 /SUMMARY
Used with the /GLOBAL qualifier, displays the global section
and global page usage on the system for local and shared memory
global sections.
9.4 – Examples
1.INSTALL> LIST
The command in this example displays a single-line description
of all known images. The description includes the file
specification of the known image and its attributes.
SYS$DISK:<SYS0.SYSCOMMON.SYSEXE>.EXE
ANALIMDMP;1 1 Prv 2
AUTHORIZE;1 Prv
CDU;1 Open Hdr Prv
DCL;1 Open Hdr Shar Lnkbl
FAL;1 Open Hdr Shar
INSTALL;1 Prv
LOGINOUT;1 Open Hdr Shar Prv
MAIL;1 Open Hdr Shar
MAIL_SERVER;1 Open Hdr Shar Prv
REQUEST;1 Prv
SET;1 Open Hdr Shar Prv
SETAUDIT;1 Prv
SETP0;1 Open Hdr Shar Prv
SETRIGHTS;1 Prv
SHOW;1 Open Hdr Shar Prv
SHWCLSTR;1 Open Hdr Shar Prv
SUBMIT;1 Open Hdr Shar Prv
SYSMAN;1 Prv
SYS$DISK:<SYS0.SYSCOMMON.SYSLIB>.EXE
ANALIMDMPSHR;1 Prv
CONVSHR;1
DCLTABLES;1 Open Hdr Shar Lnkbl
.
.
.
LIBOTS;1 Open Hdr Shar Lnkbl Resid
LIBRTL;1 Open Hdr Shar Lnkbl Resid
MAILSHR;1 Open Hdr Shar Lnkbl
.
.
.
1 File specification of the known image
2 Attribute of known image, as follows:
Attribute Meaning
ACNT Image accounting is enabled for the image
(/ACCOUNTING).
CMODE Image is in compatibility mode, set by the VAX-11
RSX Linker.
HDR Image header is permanently resident (/HEADER_
RESIDENT).
LNKBL Image is not executable; it is a shareable
(linkable) image set by the OpenVMS Linker.
NOPURG Image cannot be removed by a purge operation;
it can only be removed by a delete or remove
operation (/NOPURGE).
OPEN Image is permanently open (/OPEN).
PROT Image contains protected code (/PROTECTED).
PRV Image has privileges (/PRIVILEGED).
RESID Image is resident (/RESIDENT).
SAFE Image is a privileged image registered as being
compatible with the running version of OpenVMS.
For more information about registered images,
refer to the OpenVMS System Manager's Manual,
Volume 1: Essentials.
SHAR Image is shared (/SHARED).
WRT Image is writable (/WRITABLE).
XONLY Only execute access to image is allowed
(/EXECUTE_ONLY).
2.INSTALL> LIST/RESIDENT
The command in this Alpha example displays a single-line
description of all resident images. The description includes
the location in memory, the size of the code sections, and the
type of section.
System Resident Sections
SYS$DISK:<SYS0.SYSCOMMON.SYSLIB>.EXE
CMA$TIS_SHR;1
Base VA End VA Length Type
80490000 80490A00 00000A00 Resident Code
7FC04000 7FC04A00 00000A00 Linkage
7FC14000 7FC14200 00000200 Writeable data
7FC34000 7FC34200 00000200 Writeable data
DECC$SHR;1
Base VA End VA Length Type
80548000 805D1C00 00089C00 Resident Code
805D2000 805D2400 00000400 Resident Code
7FE34000 7FE4B800 00017800 Linkage
7FE54000 7FE59A00 00005A00 Writeable data
7FE64000 7FE64800 00000800 Read-only data
7FE84000 7FE84200 00000200 Writeable data
7FE94000 7FE94200 00000200 Demand-zero
7FEA4000 7FEA7000 00003000 Demand-zero
7FEB4000 7FEB5800 00001800 Writeable data
DPML$SHR;1
Base VA End VA Length Type
80492000 80547600 000B5600 Resident Code
7FC44000 7FC6FA00 0002BA00 Read-only data
7FC74000 7FC88200 00014200 Linkage
7FC94000 7FC94400 00000400 Writeable data
7FCA4000 7FCCE600 0002A600 Read-only data
7FD94000 7FD95000 00001000 Writeable data
LIBOTS;1
Base VA End VA Length Type
80482000 8048F600 0000D600 Resident Code
7FBC4000 7FBC6600 00002600 Read-only data
7FBD4000 7FBD5A00 00001A00 Linkage
7FBF4000 7FBF4200 00000200 Writeable data
LIBRTL;1
Base VA End VA Length Type
80400000 80481A00 00081A00 Resident Code
7FB54000 7FB64800 00010800 Linkage
7FB74000 7FB75000 00001000 Writeable data
7FB84000 7FB8D600 00009600 Read-only data
7FB94000 7FB94200 00000200 Writeable data
7FBA4000 7FBA5000 00001000 Demand-zero
7FBB4000 7FBB5400 00001400 Writeable data
3.INSTALL> LIST/FULL LOGINOUT
The command in this example displays a multiline description of
the known image LOGINOUT.
SYS$DISK:<SYS0.SYSCOMMON.SYSEXE>.EXE
LOGINOUT;3 Open Hdr Shar Priv
Entry access count = 44 1
Current / Maximum shared = 3 / 5 2
Global section count = 2 3
Privileges = CMKRNL SYSNAM TMPMBX EXQUOTA SYSPRV 4
1 Number of times known file entry has been accessed by this
node since it swas installed.
2 First number indicates the current count of concurrent
accesses of the known file. The second number indicates
the highest count of concurrent accesses of the file since
it was installed. This number appears only if the image is
installed with the /OPEN qualifier.
3 Number of global sections created for the known file;
appears only if the image is installed with the /SHARED
qualifier.
4 Translation of the privilege mask; appears only if the image
is installed with privileges.
4.INSTALL> LIST/GLOBAL
The command in this example displays all global sections for
shared images. Global sections created by INSTALL (prefix INS$)
for a specific image are listed following the name of that
image.
1 Display of global sections in memory.
2 Name of the image for which the following global sections
were created by INSTALL.
3 Name of global section. The prefix identifies the creator of
the section; for example, INS means the global section was
created by INSTALL. The number includes the address of the
section.
4 Version number (in hexadecimal) of global section; for
shareable images only, the high-order byte (01 in CRFSHR_
003) contains major identification, and low-order bytes
(0003E8 in CRFSHR_003) contain minor identification
determined by the programmer at link time. For executable
images, the number is a known unique value determined by the
system.
5 Attributes of the global section:
DZRO Global section is demand-zero.
GRP Along with a group number indicates a groupwide
section, which would be created by a program other
than INSTALL.
PRM Global section is permanent.
SYS Global section is systemwide.
TMP Indicates a temporary global section, which would be
created by a program other than INSTALL.
WRT Global section is writable.
6 Number of pages (VAX) or pagelets (Alpha) in the section and
number of page table entries currently mapped to this global
section. For a more detailed discussion of mapping global
sections, refer to the OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual.
7 Number of global sections created, number of global pages
used, and number of global pages unused in local memory.
Note that, because of arithmetic rounding, the number of
global sections created will sometimes be greater than the
SYSGEN parameter GBLSECTIONS. When the size of the system
header is being computed, the values of the GBLSECTIONS and
SYSMWCNT parameters are combined with the size of the fixed
part of the process header. The result is rounded up to the
next page boundary. This rounding process sometimes adds
space to the global section table, depending on the values
of the two SYSGEN parameters and the amount of system paging
that preceded the running of INSTALL to create all of the
global sections.
5.INSTALL> LIST/GLOBAL/FULL
The command in this example displays a complete listing of
global sections for shared images. The /FULL qualifier adds
owner and protection codes to the display.
System Global Sections
NM_MAILSHR_003 (741A6919) PRM SYS Pagcnt/Refcnt=10/0
NM_MAILSHR_002 (741A6919) PRM SYS Pagcnt/Refcnt=1/0
NM_MAILSHR_001 (741A6919) PRM SYS Pagcnt/Refcnt=11/0
Owner: [1,4] 1
Protection: S:RWED,O:RWED,G:RWED,W:RE 2
.
.
.
1 UIC of the owner of the global section
2 Type of access allowed for the image
10 – PURGE
Deletes all known file entries for images installed without the
/NOPURGE qualifier.
Requires the CMKRNL privilege. Also requires the SYSGBL privilege
to create system global sections and the PRMGBL privilege to
create permanent global sections.
Format
PURGE
10.1 – Parameters
None.
10.2 – Description
The PURGE command deletes all known file entries for images
installed without the /NOPURGE qualifier.
If a process is accessing global sections when the PURGE command
is entered, the global sections are deleted only after the
operation initiated by the process completes. However, once the
command is entered, no additional processes can access the global
sections because they are marked for deletion.
10.3 – Example
INSTALL> PURGE
The command in this example deletes all images except those
installed with the /NOPURGE qualifier. The image files remain
unaffected. Writable global sections are written back to disk
upon their removal as known images.
11 – REMOVE
Deletes a known image. The REMOVE command is identical to the
DELETE command.
Requires the CMKRNL privilege. Also requires the SYSGBL privilege
to create system global sections and the PRMGBL privilege to
create permanent global sections.
Format
REMOVE file-spec
11.1 – Parameter
file-spec
Names the file specification of a known image.
11.2 – Description
The REMOVE command deletes an entry from the known file list. The
image's entry on the known file list and any global sections
created for the image are deleted. The image file remains
unaffected. Writable global sections are written back to disk
upon their removal as known images.
If a process is accessing global sections when the REMOVE command
is entered, the global sections are deleted only after the
operation initiated by the process completes. However, once the
command is entered, no additional processes can access the global
sections because they are marked for deletion.
11.3 – Example
INSTALL> REMOVE GRPCOMM
The command in this example deletes the entry for the known
image GRPCOMM from the known image file list.
12 – REPLACE
Replaces a known image entry with another version of the image,
or with modified attributes. The REPLACE command is a synonym for
the DELETE command.
Requires the CMKRNL privilege. Also requires the SYSGBL privilege
to create system global sections and the PRMGBL privilege to
create permanent global sections.
Format
REPLACE file-spec
12.1 – Parameter
file-spec
Names the file specification of an image installed as a known
image.
12.2 – Qualifiers
12.2.1 /ACCOUNTING
/ACCOUNTING
/NOACCOUNTING (default)
Enables image-level accounting for selected images even if image
accounting is disabled on the local node (by using the DCL
command SET ACCOUNTING/DISABLE=IMAGE). When image accounting
is enabled on the local node, it logs all images, and the
/NOACCOUNTING qualifier has no effect.
12.2.2 /ARB_SUPPORT
/ARB_SUPPORT=keyword
On Alpha systems, overrides the system parameter ARB_SUPPORT for
this installed image.
The following table shows the keywords you can use with the /ARB_
SUPPORT qualifier:
Keyword Behavior
None The obsolete kernel data cells are not maintained by
the system. Fields are initialized to zero (or set to
invalid pointers) at process creation.
Clear The obsolete kernel data cells are cleared (or set
to invalid pointers) when the code would have set up
values for backward compatibility.
Read-only The obsolete cells are updated with corresponding
security information stored in the current Persona
Security Block (PSB) when a $PERSONA_ASSUME is
issued.
Full Data is moved from the obsolete cells to the
(default) currently active PSB on any security-based operation.
For more information about obsolete kernel cells, refer to the
ARB_SUPPORT system parameter in online help.
12.2.3 /AUTHPRIVILEGES
/AUTHPRIVILEGES[=(priv-name[,...])]
/NOAUTHPRIVILEGES
Installs the file as a known image installed with the authorized
privileges specified.
Usage Notes
o If a privileged image is not located on the system volume, the
image is implicitly installed /OPEN.
o The set of privileges for a privileged image can be empty. You
must, however, list each privilege every time you define or
redefine privileges.
o The /AUTHPRIVILEGES qualifier applies only to executable
images.
o You cannot specify this qualifier for an executable image
linked with the /TRACEBACK qualifier.
o You cannot assign privilege names with the /NOAUTHPRIVILEGES
qualifier.
Interaction of /PRIVILEGED and /AUTHPRIVILEGES Qualifiers
When you create a new entry, the privileges you assign are also
assigned for Authorized Privileges if you do not assign specific
authorized privileges with the /AUTHPRIVILEGES qualifier.
When you replace an image, any privileges assigned with the
/PRIVILEGED qualifier are not repeated as Authorized Privileges.
Also, if you use the REPLACE command with the /NOAUTHPRIVILEGES
qualifier, the Authorized Privileges become the same as the
Default Privileges (set using the /PRIVILEGED qualifier).
You can specify one or more of the privilege names described in
detail in an appendix to the OpenVMS Guide to System Security.
(ALL is the default.)
12.2.4 /EXECUTE_ONLY
/EXECUTE_ONLY
/NOEXECUTE_ONLY (default)
The /EXECUTE_ONLY qualifier is meaningful only to main programs.
It allows the image to activate shareable images to which the
user has execute access but no read access. All shareable images
referenced by the program must be installed, and OpenVMS RMS
uses trusted logical names, those created for use in executive or
kernel mode.
You cannot specify this qualifier for an executable image linked
with the /TRACEBACK qualifier.
12.2.5 /HEADER_RESIDENT
/HEADER_RESIDENT
/NOHEADER_RESIDENT
Installs the file as a known image with a permanently resident
header (native mode images only). An image installed header
resident is implicitly installed open.
12.2.6 /LOG
/LOG
/NOLOG (default)
Lists the newly created known file entry along with any
associated global sections created by the installation.
12.2.7 /OPEN
/OPEN
/NOOPEN
Installs the file as a permanently open known image.
12.2.8 /PRIVILEGED
/PRIVILEGED[=(priv-name[,...])]
/NOPRIVILEGED
Installs the file as a known image installed with the working
privileges specified.
Usage Notes
o If a privileged image is not located on the system volume, the
image is implicitly installed /OPEN.
o The set of privileges for a privileged image can be empty. You
must, however, list each privilege every time you define or
redefine privileges.
o The /PRIVILEGED qualifier applies only to executable images.
o You cannot specify this qualifier for an executable image
linked with the /TRACEBACK qualifier.
o You cannot assign privilege names with the /NOPRIVILEGED
qualifier.
You can specify one or more of the privilege names described in
detail in an appendix to the OpenVMS Guide to System Security.
(ALL is the default.)
12.2.9 /PROTECTED
/PROTECTED
/NOPROTECTED (default)
Installs the file as a known image that is protected from
user-mode and supervisor-mode write access. You can write into
the image only from executive or kernel mode. The /PROTECTED
qualifier together with the /SHARE qualifier are used to
implement user-written services, which become privileged
shareable images.
12.2.10 /PURGE
/PURGE (default)
/NOPURGE
Specifies that the image can be removed by a purge operation; if
you specify /NOPURGE, you can remove the image only by a delete
or remove operation.
12.2.11 /RESIDENT
/RESIDENT[=([NO]CODE,[NO]DATA)]
On Alpha systems, causes image code sections or read-only
data sections to be placed in the granularity hint regions and
compresses other image sections, which remain located in process
space. If you do not specify the /RESIDENT qualifier, neither
code nor data is installed resident. If you specify the /RESIDENT
qualifier without keyword arguments, code is installed resident,
and data is not installed resident.
The image must be linked using the /SECTION_BINDING=(CODE,DATA)
qualifier. An image installed with resident code or data is
implicitly installed /HEADER_RESIDENT and /SHARED.
12.2.12 /SHARED
/SHARED[=[NO]ADDRESS_DATA]
/NOSHARED
Installs the file as a shared known image and creates global
sections for the image sections that can be shared. An image
installed shared is implicitly installed open.
When you use the ADDRESS_DATA keyword with the /SHARED qualifier,
P1 space addresses are assigned for shareable images. With the
assigned addresses, the Install utility can determine the content
of an address data section when the image is installed rather
than when it is activated, reducing CPU and I/O time. A global
section is created to allow shared access to address data image
sections.
12.2.13 /WRITABLE
/WRITABLE
/NOWRITABLE
Installs the file as a writable known image as long as you also
specify the /SHARED qualifier. The /WRITABLE qualifier only
applies to images with image sections that are shareable and
writable. The /WRITABLE qualifier is automatically negated if the
/NOSHARED qualifier is specified.
12.3 – Example
INSTALL> REPLACE GRPCOMM /ACCOUNTING/NOOPEN
The command in this example replaces the known image GRPCOMM
with the latest version of the image, while enabling image
accounting and removing the OPEN attribute from this version.
The full name of the file specification is assumed to be
SYS$SYSTEM:GRPCOMM.EXE.